tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post3622000929685226024..comments2019-02-07T12:10:40.534+00:00Comments on OPEN Dalston: Ridley Road Shopping Village traders get a reprieve and an off-shore landlordAbout OPEN Dalstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209133949209769082noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-67328886668967413452018-11-01T01:48:58.347+00:002018-11-01T01:48:58.347+00:00Quite a few of the buildings on this street are ow...Quite a few of the buildings on this street are owned by off-shore companies. Have you not read the Paradise Papers? Was amazed to find out that my landlord was not a housing association but a Guernsey-based off shore investor. This is why the car park on Ridley Road is derelict and a centre for flytipping because the freehold owner is not paying tax and can&#39;t be bothered, not interested in the local community and has already had a preliminary application for the 33 unit building here to the demolished for luxury apartments. I believe our building has been flipped to a different shell company and the current lead director is a Portuguese entrepreneur who is in partnership with the same Essex-based property developers who took over the freehold. The freehold owner is refusing to conduct repairs on our building so corridors have been flooded with water, leaking roofs and my flat was flooded with sewage (yes!) last November because there is an ongoing fault with the stack pipes and the freeholder and our landlord (a housing association) are in dispute about conducting structural repairs. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13572349355207648567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-50089252322673066122018-10-30T22:21:15.385+00:002018-10-30T22:21:15.385+00:00Hackney does not generally consult widely on appli...Hackney does not generally consult widely on applications, hence many pass through unnoticed when its too late. If you want to keep an eye on what&#39;s happening in your area try this: https://www.planningfinder.co.uk/about<br />Hackney&#39;s practice seems to be to grant applications under delegated powers once the planning officer&#39;s are satisfied. They will only refer the application to Committee if they are recommending approval and only then if it&#39;s a major application or there are significant numbers of objections. That&#39;s why we need to be vigilant<br />OPEN Dalstonhttp://www.opendalston.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-17195219652958922972018-10-30T22:11:49.791+00:002018-10-30T22:11:49.791+00:00Bless. But you&#39;ll also notice their investment...Bless. But you&#39;ll also notice their investment in buildings of architectural and historic merit is because these &quot;even in secondary locations can attract high quality tenants&quot; ie a secure rental stream. So not solely virtuous Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-49700704545158048332018-10-30T12:12:24.891+00:002018-10-30T12:12:24.891+00:00The Ridley Road Market Traders Association on beha...The Ridley Road Market Traders Association on behalf of the market traders raised a comment of concern as part of the Planning Application. We made it clear that we expect any development should ensure no disruption was caused to both the traders and customers of the market. Also that any market trader whose pitch was in close proximity to the development would not be forced to move pitch. In summary that the development should fit in with the daily running of the market. Not the other way around.RRMTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05932755654915125017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-66809647138318254012018-10-30T11:37:24.512+00:002018-10-30T11:37:24.512+00:00Although the relationship between Larochette and R...Although the relationship between Larochette and Rainbow Properties maybe unclear, the website for Ziser, Guy Ziser&#39;s family property company (and developer of the Allpress building in Dalston Lane), refers prominently to &quot;organic growth&quot;, longer term sustainable development, respect for local history and the critical importance of ... beauty. So not quite your usual developer and perhaps grounds for cautious optimism! Rod Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285746343846691743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-89720785650351856872018-10-30T11:19:10.853+00:002018-10-30T11:19:10.853+00:00Our local CAAC has indicated that whether a planni...Our local CAAC has indicated that whether a planning application goes before a Planning Committee or is decided by the officer (whose report may or may not be accurate, balanced or misleading) depends on how many objections to the application have been received by the Council. Is this true and, if so, on what is that based?<br /><br />If true, then breadth of consultation would appear to be crucial and any lack of effective local consultation, an error which could potentially invalidate an officer&#39;s decision.DianaWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-9545806850964474092018-10-30T10:57:51.384+00:002018-10-30T10:57:51.384+00:00Applications and decisions can be found by search...Applications and decisions can be found by searching Hackney&#39;s Planning database by Address. Pre-application discussion between developers and Council planners can be sought by Freedom of Information Act requests addressed to Hackney&#39;s Head of Planning<br />Often planning applications are not widely consulted upon and decided under officer&#39;s delegated powers without going for a Committee decision in public eg 75 Ridley Road. OPEN Dalstonhttp://www.opendalston.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932341.post-15980515652379393572018-10-30T04:34:13.528+00:002018-10-30T04:34:13.528+00:00What are the other planning applications for Ridle...What are the other planning applications for Ridley Road that are in the pipeline? Who are the owners and developers and what stage are the applications at? Is this info available anywhere?DaveOwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13922604537663962967noreply@blogger.com